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Lawamena
Victoria
Reports
by
CRISIS
CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA
Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 ( Indonesia
Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337
e-mail [email protected]
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THE
SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report No. 265
2002-04-23
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1. DISCIPLINARY MEASURES In order to avoid
any regularities on and around April 25th, the annual
commemoration of the RMS Separatist Movement, Governor M.S.
Latuconsina as the Civil Emergency Administrator announced that
there will be a curfew starting on April 23 until at least April
27, each night from 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. the following morning.
Meanwhile military chief commander Mustopo declared that anybody
that will hoist the RMS-flag, and does not pay heed to an initial
warning, will be shot.
Two foreign NGO members were given a sharp warning, because they
had been found to carry out questionable activities, such as
drunkenness, showing unnecessary films on unrest in foreign
countries, and behaving like newsreporters.
Since all of the Muslims and most of the Christians are opposed to
RMS, FKM and any other separatist movements, all of these measures
enhance a general feeling of security among the population of
Ambon.
2. SOME RECTIFICATIONS Opening the www.fkm-europa.nl website,
please be aware that in its reports on what is happening in Ambon
these days, it is little trustworthy and has a tendency of grave
exaggerating.
On April 19 (Report 264) we erroneously wrote that FKM leader
Dr.Alex Manuputty was released from confinement at the Police
Headquarters: he was not, and has been in detention for
interrogation up to now. Police Chief Commander Sunarko Danu
Ardianto declared to the press that in fact he is not being
detained by the police but by the Joint Investigation Team. The
Governor has also called two influential Muslims in order to be
investigated by the same team, namely Mohamad Atamimi and Abdullah
Latuapo. However, up to now they have not turned up and it is not
clear why they have not been gone after like was done in the case
of Dr. A.Manuputty.
In several newsmedia there was a report on two Kopassus (military
Army's Special Forces) servicemen, who during the investigation on
Dr.Alex Manuputty had irregularly intruded into the Police
Headquarters, after which they allegedly had been searched on
weaponry, resulting in the finding of two grenades on them. Police
chief commander Sunarko stressed that indeed the two of them had
strayed into Police HQ, but that it had just been a simple mistake
and lack of coordination, that not any grenades had been found on
them and that after a short clarification they had been allowed to
leave.
3. BISHOPS GRAVE LOOTED A befriended Muslim soldier went up
to the jihad site of the totally destroyed neighbourhood of Ahuru
to investigate on the situation at the catholic graveyard. He
found the cement grave of Monseigneur Jacobus Grent MSC, Bishop of
Amboina 19471965, opened and destroyed by looters. The bones
were gone.
C.J.Bφhm msc, Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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